Researchers in the Department of Epidemiology (Jessie Seiler, Anjum Hajat, Jen Balkus and Christine Khosropour) are embarking on some qualitative work. In brief, they developed a new approach to facilitate the incorporation of anti-racist pedagogy into classes in Epidemiology. The approach (known in the department as the course development plans or CDPs) was implemented during the 2020-2021 academic year and they are now doing an evaluation of the whole process. They intend to interview ~20-25 faculty and TAs to get feedback on the process and areas for improvement.
They are seeking to hire individuals with experience conducting in-depth interviews and who are not affiliated with our department or have taken classes with the instructors that will be interviewed. They are estimating no more than 5 hours per week and hope to be done with interviews by the end of the summer. This work is being supported by a seed grant from UW OMAD. If you are potentially interested in working with them, please contact Jen Balkus (jbalkus@uw.edu). They would be happy to provide additional information on the project, scope, timeline and compensation. If you are unable to participate but have recommendations on others who would be a good fit, they would welcome those contacts.
